<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Compensations</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">LIFE laughs and sighs,</p><p class="line">Life gives and takes;</p><p class="line">A Pleasure dies,</p><p class="line">A memory wakes.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Out of the Night</p><p class="line">Arises Morn;</p><p class="line">When fades the light</p><p class="line">The stars are born.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Life take a part</p><p class="line">To make a whole,</p><p class="line">And breaks the heart</p><p class="line">To save the soul.</p></div></body></html> · Great War